21st August 2006 Archive

This is the archive for The Register. You can browse articles by publication date, or enter a query into the search box.

< 20th August 2006 | August 2006 | 22nd August 2006 >

Comms

• Milton Keynes gets WiMAX Wery wapid wireless

Hardware: Servers

• Mainstream press goes down on Dell LinuxWorld stinks too

Management

• Computer-based models to replace the investment advisor? Analysis Man versus machine
• IBM buys MRO Software Comment Gives Big Blue more depth

Management: Financial News

• LogicaCMG buys its way into top ten Buys WM Data

Management: Public Sector

• DWP embarrassed by prisoner overpayments Taxpayers fork out £13m to ineligible inmates
• EDS keeps MOD schtum over settlement Corporate America clouds British transparency

Music and Media

• Access to Apple's iTunes goes bananas And Orange broadband completes the fruitbowl
• Amazon attempts antenna connection using kitten Updated RSPCA alerted
• Class action aims at Operation Ore UK's biggest child porn case called into question
• Men removed from jet for 'speaking Arabic' Passengers act swiftly to tackle terror threat pair
• Nuclear Holocaust starts today: WSJ Public Service Announcement Put your affairs in order
• Spend £11,700 now and save £30! enthuses Waitrose Irresistable email offer
• Uri Geller sues over Elvis pad Bid to claim possession after eBay auction win
• Wanted: Master of the Belgian language Google invents lingua novo

News: Bits 'n' Chips

• ATI posts driver update for Linux, Windows Catalyst 6.8 released
• ATI revives TV tuners for HD, DVR era The TV Wonder years
• Intel unveils Q963-based mobo Business-friendly integrated-graphics mainboard

News: Consoles

• Sony pushes PS2 under £100 Memory card price cut too
• Sony tickled pink over rose-tinted PS2 Targeting a 'diverse demographic', firm claims

News: Gadgets and Gizmos

• i-mate turns from HTC for Jaq smart phone Vendors new gadget pre-announced on web
• Palm: 3G Euro Treo to launch 12 September Launch, yes - ship, not necessarily
• Sandisk unveils 8GB Flash MP3 player Updated Big anti-Nano price cuts too
• Synaptics gets touchy-feely with smart phone concept The real iPhone design?

News: PCs

• Dell to ship more than 3m AMD-based PCs by year's end? According to analysts...

News: TV

• Samsung shows 'world's biggest' LCD HDTV 70in monster

Odds and Sods: Entertainment

• BBC cans Rose Tyler Doctor Who spin-off 'A spin-off too far'

Reviews: Smartphones

• Nokia E61 smart phone Review The Finnish firm's would-be BlackBerry beater

Science: Biology

• FDA approves viruses as 'food additive' Just plain weird, this one
• Flores' 'hobbits' on endangered list Pinheaded pygmy
• Ignorance is bliss for dolphins Stupid and happy, apparently

Science: Space

• Martian pole freckled with geysers Unlike anything on Earth

Security

• Morgan Stanley punters get refund over computer cock-up Migration mix-up
• Trojan exploits unpatched PowerPoint vulnerability Vicious circle
• Two arrested over fake hols website Summer's here for scamming

Security: ID

• Romanian police cuff 23 ID fraud suspects Clampdown

Security: Spam

• SEC sues over stock market spam scam Pump-and-dump

Software: Applications

• Dear Sir Bill Gates: invoice enclosed Prompt payment is expected
• Google loses ground in search battle, AOL continues to freefall Writely open for business